Reflecting the increased outlays clubs are willing to make, six
players on the top 20 list of highest base salaries were signed this year. They include Bradley and Maurice Edu, who both returned to MLS after stints in
Europe.

Clint Dempsey ($6,695,189), who arrived in August 2013, Bradley ($6,500,000) and Defoe ($6,180,000) rank 1-2-3 in the league in terms of
guaranteed compensation, which includes a player's base salary and all signing and guaranteed bonuses annualized over the term of the player's contract, including option years. All contract figures
reflect those signed with and reported by the league only.

-- Seven players on the Top 20 list are U.S. national team players, up from two a year ago. Dempsey, Bradley and Edu all
returned to MLS in the last year, and Omar Gonzalez and Eddie Johnson were re-signed to new contracts.

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Only one player on the list is not playing regularly. Colombian Andres Escobar, the highest-paid FC Dallas player with a base salary of $635,000, has played
only 38 minutes since arriving on loan from Dynamo Kiev.

-- The Chicago Fire announced Thursday that it had re-signed 2013 MLS MVP Mike Magee to a
new contract. His guaranteed compensation climbed to $417,500 in 2014 from $191,666.67 in 2013 when he started the season with the LA Galaxy.